Agrarian Issues

AIKS – government cheating peasantry for 11 years with farce of MSP

According to the Second Advance Estimates of Production for 2024–25, farmers cultivating the 20 major Kharif and Rabi crops could have earned nearly Rs 3 lakh crore more if their produce had been procured at prices determined by the Swaminathan Commission’s recommended formula of C2 + 50% (see table -1). The 20 crops include paddy, cotton,  soybean, maize, groundnut, wheat, gram, arhur (tur), rapeseed, jower, urad, moong, bajra, lentil, ragi, sesamum, barley, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed.Since milk, all commercial crops, vegetables, fruits, meat, egg, fish, etc.

AIKS Condemns Lynching of Cattle Trader by Cow Vigilante Gang

ALL India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) strongly protests against the inhuman and brutal lynching of Aasif Babu Multani alias Sheru Susadiya who died on September 20, 2025, at Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur. He was lynched by a gang of cow vigilante criminals in the early hours of September 16, when he was transporting cattle purchased from Lambia Raila cattle market near Bhilwara in Rajasthan to his village in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh.According to Superintendent of Police Bhilwara, Dharmendra Singh, five people have been arrested and an FIR registered.

AIKS Demands Relief Package for Flood-Hit States

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on September 3, has noted the grim flood situation in the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana due to excessive rainfall in the month of August. Due to heavy downpour in the upper catchment areas of Himachal Pradesh (HP) and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), along with surplus water released from several dams, the Beas and Sutlej rivers are overwhelmed and the resulting deluge has caused extensive damages to the standing crops in the two agrarian states.

Modi Govt Policies Harming Farmers: AIKS

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on August 12, has strongly rejected the claim made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “the welfare of farmers is the highest priority” for his government. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The statement, made in the context of US tariffs being raised to 50 per cent and arm-twisting for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), is merely an attempt to curry favour with farmers.

AIKS Condemns Scrapping of Cotton Import Duty

THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), in a statement issued on August 20, has condemned the decision of the RSS-BJP led union government to scrap the 11 per cent import duty on raw cotton. The decision, notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is valid from August 19 until September 30, 2025. This decision will result in a reduction in the price of imported cotton which, in turn, will push prices of domestic cotton downwards.

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